Don’t Kill The Passion

It’ll come as no surprise that passionate people are more effective at what they do. Charles Kovess wrote about the power of passion in his book “Passionate People Produce”.

Most businesses, through their culture, are killing the passion of the individual. As Charles points out in this edition of BTalk, most people are excited about a new job but that initial enthusiasm is killed somehow. Why is that happening?

He says it’s an investigative exercise to find out why passion is being killed in your organisation. Often it’s the fault of managers who can’t handle people, but there’s not a quick fix to the problem. It’s a long term process to drive change.

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ABOUT PHIL

Phil Dobbie is a broadcaster and writer, with a wealth of business experience behind him too. He was a partner in an ad agency, he's been the marketing head at various technology companies and ran the Australian operation of the British Tourist Authority.

But his real love is the creation of content - as a journalist for ZDNet and others. He likes to spend time behind the microphone, creating radio shows and podcasts - he's done thousands of them, for CBS, National Australia Bank, BBC and CommsDay.

He's available to present radio shows and produce podcasts. Or any other exciting projects that come along.